Mishawaka (IN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cavemen Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Bart Curtis League: Northern Indiana - North Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #8 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 1 2016 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Noah Staton 6'0" 190 Senior ILB 4.9 Isaiah Evans 6'0" 190 Senior HB 4.8 Alex Faulkner 6'4" 270 Senior OL 5.3 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Majority Of Players Care/Do What Is Needed Of Them Team Weaknesses: Small/Inexperienced Senior Class RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 36.5 2016 National Rank: #1009 2016 State Rank: #23 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.6 2017 Starting Power Rating: 25 2017 National Rank: #2286 2017 State Rank: #50 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 25.5 Dynasty National Rank: #1444 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.5 Dynasty Record: 117-49 (61-27 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 10-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 28.8 2016 Points Against Average: 13.5 2016 Differential: +15.3 2016 Wins: #1672 Crown Point (10-6), #2152 Michigan City (18-7), #2229 Portage (21-7), #2398 Marian (Mishawaka) (26-14), #4030 Adams [John] (South Bend) (42-13), #4030 Adams [John] (South Bend) (43-14), #7602 Elkhart Central (Elkhart) (55-0), #7865 Elkhart Memorial (Elkhart) (42-13), #8106 St. Joseph (South Bend) (36-3), #12664 Clay (South Bend) (41-6) 2016 Losses: #225 Penn (Mishawaka) (21-14), #285 Snider [R. Nelson] (Fort Wayne) (31-7), #301 Cathedral (Indianapolis) (41-20) 2016 Opponents W-L: 79-65 Recent League Championships: 2010 (Northern Indiana) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/18 Portage, 8/25 at Valparaiso, 9/1 Marist (Chicago, IL), 9/8 Adams [John] (South Bend), 9/15 Clay (South Bend), 9/22 at Elkhart Central (Elkhart), 9/29 at St. Joseph (South Bend), 10/6 at Marian (Mishawaka), 10/13 Penn (Mishawaka) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Marist (Chicago, IL) (57.8), Penn (Mishawaka) (45.4), Portage (28.3) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Clay (South Bend) (-22.4), Elkhart Central (Elkhart) (-11.1), St. Joseph (South Bend) (1.3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.9 (22.2 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.2 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.7 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #51 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2319 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%